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bunnies wrote
Reminds me of a pretty cool article I read, Let Freeness Ring: The Canadian Standard Freeness Tester as Hegemonic Engine
It's about a device that measures pulp consistency, and how paper making has evolved from a craft towards becoming a science, taking power away from the individual worker (by design).
twovests wrote
Reply to the mattering is occurring by devtesla
stay excited with me!! i've been excited for years. we're on the proper timeline for impeachment, and even though it's unlikely to come to fruition, it's still good for continuing investigations.
it's a real fucking shame that the only thing that matters is when trump hurts the other rich and powerful, but let's hope he continues.
but i have a feeling trump would step down or something before he were to get impeached. he's an extremely useful symbol of oppression and a symbol of rallying for white supremacists and that symbol would take a great blow if he was impeached.
devtesla wrote
Reply to comment by twovests in this is some french revolution shit. i love it. good for OP by neku
it is lol. lots of weird leftist takes on twitter and this one caught on just cause it's funny to think about, I kind of feel bad they weren't a big account tho
Dogmantra wrote
I adore when I see takes like this where: a) I don't know if they're being sarcastic or not
and b) I don't even know if I agree with them
cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote
when we ban measurements i'm gonna have to start buying all my cables in 'extra long'
twovests wrote
ok but is this take serious? i'm not familiar with this person
musou wrote
hell yeah stick it to the Man and that includes my 9th grade geometry teacher
devtesla wrote
neku wrote
:(
ellynu wrote
fucked up
hollyhoppet wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by twovests in Summary of the Stallman controversy (CW: Gross dudes, Epstein controversy, pedophilia) by twovests
technically even if you fork it the copyright for the code for emacs (aside from code you add in the fork) is held by the FSF but either way thank you hatsune miku
Moonside wrote
Reply to Summary of the Stallman controversy (CW: Gross dudes, Epstein controversy, pedophilia) by twovests
I've vaguely been aware of bizarre behavior on his part and his weird views on pedophilia, but I'm genuinely surprised that it was the Epstein affair that took him down.
BIG_RAIN_THUNDERSTORM wrote
Reply to comment by twovests in Summary of the Stallman controversy (CW: Gross dudes, Epstein controversy, pedophilia) by twovests
hatsune miku created emacs
flabberghaster OP wrote
Reply to comment by emma in Richard Stallman is at it again. by flabberghaster
You're close. He resigned from some positions over posts he made defending someone implicated in the Epstein affair.
twovests OP wrote
Reply to Summary of the Stallman controversy (CW: Gross dudes, Epstein controversy, pedophilia) by twovests
Thanks to the power of open source, we can publish forks of our favorite open source software under a pseudonym
so we can truly say hatsune miku created emacs
twovests wrote
Reply to Richard Stallman is at it again. by flabberghaster
Not sure if "at it again" refers to ANOTHER fresh piece of Gross News, or to this, which unfolded over the past few days. I'd provide context in this comment, but it includes some uncomfortable discussion (specifically w.r.t. pedophilia) so I'll make a fresh post for it.
emma wrote
Reply to Richard Stallman is at it again. by flabberghaster
not sure what you're referring to, but i'm going to assume he's joined nambla and/or began writing for quillette or something
hollyhoppet admin wrote
Reply to [cw self harm] We are, all of us, Machines by neku
yo please tag descriptions of self harm (literally the first sentence) in the future
Moonside wrote
I do have the perception that McEwan was a bit of a Citizen Kane like benevolent narcissist and maybe the article could have gone more into that, but I have only occasionally read Shakesville so what do I know.
Below each post a notice stated that one must read the Commenting Policy and all of a post titled Feminism 101 before commenting. By my count, the Commenting Policy is 15,000 words long, including linked Shakesville posts. Feminism 101 is a roughly 22,000-word annotated bibliography of 182 posts dating from 2006 to 2012. In total, new commenters were asked to read approximately 205,000 words, about the equivalent of Moby-Dick, before typing a single sentence at Shakesville.
TBH this makes me wonder about how much influence Shakesville had on the rest of feminist blogosphere. First, I much prefer this model where no-one pretends to have the authoritative solutions for all issues and outside sources are prodigiously consulted. The model of Shakesville as trying to become a go-to place for an entire political world view and, incidentally, that of Silicon Valley rationalism and LessWrong/SlateStarCodex folks has a terrible track record.
Secondly, I think having too rigid expectations for conduct and prior knowledge set the bar for participation too high. This was an issue in the past in many feminist spaces, though I feel this has actually lessened perhaps because people can just set up a new shop elsewhere or can't be policed on Twitter or whatever. Given how the state of online propaganda and persuasion presently is, making these kind of demands come off as wanting to lose in a noble and enlightened manner and is a projection of weakness rather than strength. Feminism isn't a RPG and you can learn quite a bit from less experienced or educated folks and letting in 10 million somewhat ignorant 16-18 year old girls is probably better for the movement that spending multiple hours of research on problematic things someone said years ago.
This was pretty much a rant, but maybe a few uptakes could justify it. First, do promiscuously keep touch with people from different backgrounds and tendencies and have respect for expertise (when that notion can genuinely apply). Secondly, do have some rules for conduct, but keep them modest and clear. A few bad faith actors will always fly in through the cracks, but basically just banning slurs cleans up online spaces a whole lot.
cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to comment by voxpoplar in joseph biden is literally joseph manderly by voxpoplar
this is painfully accurate
voxpoplar OP wrote
Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in joseph biden is literally joseph manderly by voxpoplar
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to joseph biden is literally joseph manderly by voxpoplar
who’s bob page
voxpoplar OP wrote
Reply to comment by Presidential_Afro in joseph biden is literally joseph manderly by voxpoplar
Joseph Robinette Biden
neku OP wrote
Reply to comment by cute_spider_ni_srsly in this is some french revolution shit. i love it. good for OP by neku
srsly length is subjective 🤔 you dont know if your extra long is the manufacturers extra long 🤔